FREELANCER CATEGORIES

OCTOBER 2020

FREELANCER CATEGORIES – GENERAL

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1. Acting An individual who is a qualified teacher specializing in training performers (film, television and/or theatre) to
coach NEW! improve their performances/skills and prepare for auditions (including a voice/speech/dialect specialist
coach).
2. Actor An individual that acts by portraying a character in a performance (e.g. film, TV, theatre, commercial or event)
as a profession.
3. Animator An individual skilled in creating images and/or animation for television, motion pictures, video games and/or
other animation design.

4. Archive An individual who works with producers and editors on segments of programmes to determine archival
producer NEW! needs and help shape story narrative from development onwards. Experienced in negotiating deals with
archive suppliers and organizing and managing large archive projects.
5. Artist An individual specialized in one of the visual or fine arts such as painting, sculpting and/or singing and/or
NEW! dancing as a profession.

6. Art Director An individual that works with studios and executive producers to create the overall visual appearance and
"look" of a production.

7. Assistant / An individual that reports to the producer and assists with script development, artist relations, finding
Associate Producer participants, and general production logistics.

8. Assistant Director An individual responsible for tracking daily progress against the production schedule; arranging logistics;
preparing daily call sheets; checking cast and crew; and maintaining order on the set.

9. Brand An individual that creates and designs brand strategies, brands and identities for companies and products.
Consultant NEW!
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10. Broadcast Engineer An individual that works with hardware and broadcast systems that are used across television, radio and new
media.

11. Broadcast An individual skilled and experienced in designing 2D and 3D broadcast graphics.
Graphics Designer
12. Boom An individual responsible for capturing sound during each take by ensuring accurate microphone placement
operator NEW! and suspending a boom mic above the shot with a boom pole.

13. Casting An individual that supervises the casting of dramatic productions including, but not limited to: locating talent;
Director NEW! coordinating casting calls/auditions; selecting actors for roles; and liaising with directors/producers
in respect of all casting decisions.
14. Camera Assistant An individual who is skilled and experienced in assisting the camera operator in productions, either studio
based or location based.

15. Camera Operator An individual skilled and experienced in operating video cameras for productions, either studio based or
location based. Specialisms can include Crane Operator and Steadicam Operator.

16. Choreographe An individual who composes the sequence of steps and moves for a performance of dance as a
r NEW! profession.

17. Coloris An individual who contributes to the mood, look and feel of a film/program by defining its colours. The
individual creates looks in collaboration with the director, DOP and production operatives and applies
t NEW! them by using the appropriate tools in color grading. The individual must be a specialist in colour design
and manipulation of motion pictures in post-production.

18. Composer An individual that composes original music.

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19. Concept Designer An individual that assists the designers in conceptualizing ideas for the construction of props, scenery,
costumes, and visual effects elements.

20. Copywriter An individual responsible for preparing the words, slogans and/or script to promote products, companies and
individuals and/or to be used in advertising and other promotional materials.
21. Costume Designer An individual responsible for researching and designing the costumes and accessories for the actors and
actresses and overseeing the making, fitting, acquisition and rental of all wardrobe items.

22. Creative Director An individual skilled in multiple creative disciplines that is responsible for bringing together all of the creative
ideas and concepts for the production and managing the creative team.

23. Digital imaging An individual in the camera department that is skilled in digital camera settings, systemization, signal integrity
technician NEW! and image manipulation to ensure the highest digital quality of images in a production.

24. Director An individual responsible for the creative decisions of a production. All technical heads of department report
to the director.

25. Director of Photography An individual that works closely with the director in translating the screenplay into moving images.
Orchestrates the lighting, framing and shooting of the production and is ultimately responsible for all
production photography.

26. Editor: Audio/Video An individual skilled and experienced in audio/video editing.

27. Editor: An individual experienced in providing, developing and amending the content of professional writing (such
Publishing NEW! as newspapers, magazines, novels) from all genres prior to their final publication.

28. Event Manager An individual experienced in planning and executing events, taking responsibility for the creative,
technical and logistical elements. This includes, but is not limited to overall event design, brand building,
marketing and communication strategy, audio-visual production, scriptwriting, logistics, budgeting,
negotiation and client service.

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29. Executive Producer An individual hired by a broadcaster, studio or production company to help manage every aspect of
production. The executive producer is the highest level of producer on a show. In television, this individual
can be the series creator.

30. Floor Manager An individual skilled and experienced in managing studio shooting floors, maintaining the smooth operation
of production and being the link between the director in the gallery and talent on set.

31. Focus An individual responsible for maintaining the camera lens’ focus and ensuring a sharp image.
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32. Foley An individual who re-creates sounds for film, video, and other media in post-production to enhance audio
Artist quality.
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33. Gaffer An individual skilled and experienced as chief electrician on a shoot, responsible for all lighting
equipment.
34. Gallery Operator An individual skilled and experienced in the operation of CG equipment, VT machines, and/or autocue and
video prompting from the production control room.

35. Graphic Designer An individual experienced with particular design programs such as Quark Xpress, FreeHand, Illustrator,
Photoshop, 3D Studio, Acrobat, Director, Dreamweaver, HTML/FLASH, and has a solid understanding of
digital advertising.
36. Grip An individual skilled and experienced in setting up a camera dolly, laying dolly tracks and moving the
camera along the track.

37. Hairdresser An individual skilled and experienced in hairdressing for productions.

38. Journalist An individual skilled in collecting and publishing information on various subjects including, but not limited to
current affairs, events, people, industry ongoings and trends.

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39. Lighting Assistant An individual skilled and experienced in assisting the lighting operator with studio and/or location lighting
setup and operation for productions.

40. Lighting Operator An individual skilled and experienced in studio and/or location lighting setup and operation for
productions.
41. Line Producer An individual responsible for managing the budget of a film production. They may manage the day to day
physical aspects of the film production.

42. Location Assistant An individual responsible for assisting the location manager and is on-set before, during, and after the
filming process. General responsibilities include, but are not limited to arriving first at the location to allow
the set dressers onto the set; maintaining the cleanliness of the location areas during filming and
fielding complaints from neighbors.

43. Location Manager An individual responsible for finding and securing locations to be used for the production and coordinating
the logistics, permits and costs involved.

44. Make-up Artist An individual skilled and experienced in make-up for productions and events. Specialisms include special
effects make-up/prosthetics and HD make-up.

45. Media Consultant An individual skilled in advising clients on developing their media business and delivers media training.

46. Media Management An individual responsible for technical issues relating to delivery systems as well as editorial requirements on
Operator a production.

47. Music An individual responsible for the musical aspects of a performance or production including, but not limited
Director NEW! to supervising and directing the music selected for a film, television series or other production.

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48. Musicia An individual who plays a musical instrument as a profession.

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49. Photographer An individual who combines artistic talent and technical skill to produce professional photographs.

50. Post Production An individual skilled and experienced in production sound mixing (using systems such as ProTools) and
Sound Editor voiceover recording.

51. Post Production An individual responsible for the post-production process, during which they maintain clarity of
Supervisor information and good channels of communication between the Producer, Editor, Supervising Sound
Editor, the Facilities’ Companies and the Production Accountant.

52. PR & Communication An individual who is a communications specialist who works as an intermediary between the public and an
/ Marketing Consultant organization or business. The organization is dependent on the public relations consultant to effectively
disseminate and communicate its mission, policies and goals to the public. Additionally, public relations
consultants inform a business of the public's worries and expectations to help the business maintain a
positive relationship with the public.

53. Presenter/ Commentator An individual responsible for introducing, hosting and providing commentary for programs and
interviewing guests via all forms of media.

54. Producer An individual responsible for all aspects of the production, ranging from its creative development
(including the appointment of the director) through to managing its budget. He/she is ultimately
responsible for the management of all staff. Also includes games producers.

55. Production Accountant An individual responsible for keeping track of all financial costs and transactions incurred in a production.
Works closely with the project manager in preparing preliminary budgets and monitors the budgetary
status of the production. Generates a "hot cost" report that outlines where an episode is financially on a
daily basis.

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56. Production Assistant An individual who acts as an assistant to the director including but not limited to marking up camera
scripts; controlling timings of the production; logging good and bad takes, calling shots (in drama and
music production). Also acts as the point of contact with channel presenters in live shows.

57. Production An individual qualified to work with children and is responsible for the care of children during production
chaperone NEW! including on set and during travel between shooting locations.

58. Production Coordinator An individual who EITHER reports to the project manager, and is responsible for supervising
administration and the finances OR acts as a liaison between the production office and the
set/production crew – they are responsible for setting up the production and writer offices and the
technical details relating to a production and making all first contacts for dates, locations, and fees.

59. Production Designer An individual who works closely with producers and the director to determine how they see the production,
and by choice of colours, textures, and materials determines the overall "look" and contributes to the
emotional tone of the production. Supervises the search of locations, designs sets, and oversees the
drawing up of blue prints and the building and dressing of all sets.

60. Production Engineer An individual skilled and experienced in the operation and maintenance of studios and gallery technical
equipment.
61. Production Interpreter/ An Individual who is skilled and experienced in language interpretation, especially one who translates
Translator speech orally or into sign language.

62. Production Manager An individual who coordinates and supervises all administrative, financial, and technical details of a
production, assists the producer in hiring the technical crew and making all first contacts for dates, locations,
and fees. During production, the production manager approves changes in scheduling and the budget and act
as an intermediary between the producer/management and the crew.

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63. Production safety An individual responsible for ensuring that the production meets the relevant health and safety standards,
manager NEW! which may be updated from time to time.

64. Production An individual skilled and experienced in assisting the sound engineer with studio and/or location sound
Sound Assistant recording setup and operation for productions.

65. Production An individual skilled and experienced in studio and/or location sound recording setup and operation for
Sound Engineer productions.

66. Production An individual who assists the transport captain with any requirements.
Transport Assistant

67. Production An individual who manages the use of the support vehicles, as well as the trucks and vans used to transport
Transport Manager equipment.

68. Re-recording Mixer An individual who balances the sounds prepared by the dialogue, music and effects editors.
/ Dubbing Mixer

69. Researcher An individual who provides support to the producer and production team by suggesting ideas for
programs; sources contacts and contributors; and collects, verifies and prepares information for film and
television productions. Also assists with organizing, planning and researching the program. Also includes
games researcher.

70. Screenwriter / Scriptwriter An individual responsible for researching the story, developing the narrative, writing the screenplay, and
delivering it, in the required format, to the Producers.

71. Set Designer An individual responsible for the designing of sets for studio productions.

72. Set Rigger An individual responsible for the construction / rigging of production studio sets.

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73. Social Media Specialist An individual who builds and executes social media strategy through competitive research, platform
determination, benchmarking, messaging and audience identification. Generates edits, publishes and
shares daily content that builds meaningful connections and encourages community members to take
action. Sets up and optimizes company pages within each platform to increase the visibility of a
company’s social content.

74. Software An individual skilled and experienced in researching, designing, implementing and
Developer NEW! managing software programs (i.e. web or mobile platforms); identifying areas for modification in existing
programs and subsequently developing these modification; and project managing software development
including, but not limited to version control, adherence to timelines and meeting milestones.
75. Sound An individual responsible for providing any required sounds to accompany screen action. They work
designer NEW! closely with the production mixer, sound supervisor, the editor, and the director to create original sound
elements.
76. Special Effects Technician An individual that assists with creating special effects for a production.

77. Stunt Performer An individual responsible for performing and/or choreographing the stunt scenes in a production.
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78. Technical Director An individual responsible for putting into action the commands of the director. Operates a switcher upon
which he/she selects which camera or tape source will be seen at any given time. The technical director is
also the head of the technical crew. They relay information to the crew such as meal breaks and represent
the crew’s needs on a variety of matters for the production. Works closely with the crew to ensure a high-
quality response to a producer or director’s needs.

79. Transmissions Operator An individual who develops and ensures a smooth delivery of services/feeds/streams and operates the live
occasional broadcast environment including, but not limited to tape/server recordings, switching feeds,
satellite/fibre downlinks and satellite and fibre bookings.

80. Production Stylist An individual skilled and experienced in contemporary and period styling for productions.

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81. Vision Mixer An individual skilled and experienced in mixing cameras in the Gallery for studio or outside broadcast
productions.
82. Videographer An individual who combines artistic talent and technical skill to produce professional videos.

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83. Voiceover Artist An individual whose voice will be used to create a voiceover.

84. Wardrobe Stylist An individual who selects the clothing for published editorial features, print or television advertising
campaigns, music videos, concert performances, and any public appearances made by celebrities, models
or other public figures.

85. Wardrobe/costume An individual responsible for finding, making and looking after clothes and costumes used in theatre, film and
assistant television productions working under the direction of a Wardrobe Stylist and/or Costume Designer.
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86. Web and App An individual skilled and experienced in designing and creating all features of a website and/or
Designer NEW! application.

87. Web and App Developer An individual skilled as a programmer or software developer who specializes in, or is specifically engaged
in, the development of websites and/or applications and/or gaming software

88. Writer An individual who is a professional writer and composes all types of literature and other written works for
NEW! publication

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FREELANCER CATEGORIES – GAMING – NEW CATEGORIES

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1. Game Engine Developer An individual who is an experienced software developer and who specializes in, or is specifically engaged
in, the development of gaming software and software development environments for building video games.

2. Game Programmer An individual who is an experienced programmer and who specializes in developing codebases for video
games or related software, which may include gameplay, audio, physics, artificial intelligence, graphics, or
any other single area required to make a video game function.

3. Online Programmer An individual responsible for creating, debugging, maintaining and optimizing a game’s online
services/ensuring continuous play and the related tools that are used for the game’s development.

4. Gaming Artist An individual skilled in creating artistic aspects for video games/mobile games including, but not limited to
animation and characters in 2D and 3D for video games; visual effects; in-game rendered cinematics;
and/or other animation design for the gaming industry.
5. Game Designer An individual skilled in creating the system of the game, the vision of the game including producing
documents to explain game flow/functionality/design.

6. Creative Director - Gaming An individual responsible for the overall vision of the gaming product, which includes gameplay, visual
style, story, audio assets, cinematics, and marketing materials. Experienced and knowledgeable regarding
the gaming industry market and uses this knowledge to conceptualize games.

7. Art Director - Gaming An individual who is an experienced senior artistic director, ultimately responsible for the aesthetics of the
finished game. This person supervises teams of artists, animators, and designers.

8. Event Manager – E-sports An individual who plans and executes the event, taking responsibility for the creative, technical and logistical
elements of E-sports competitions, tournaments and/or gaming industry events. This includes
overall event design, brand building, marketing and communication strategy, audio-visual production,
scriptwriting, logistics, budgeting, negotiation and client service.

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9. Marketing Artist An individual skilled as a graphic designer who creates and arranges images to communicate a message,
including logo design, 3D design, product decoration, packaging, signs, identities etc.

10. Marketing & An individual who consults on, creates and designs creative ideas to promote, build and revitalize brands
Branding Consultant and products for the gaming industry.
- Gaming
11. Gaming An individual consultant who advises clients on developing their media strategies, media plans, marketing
Industry objectives with specific expertise in the gaming industry
Consultant
12. Gaming An individual responsible for managing and supporting the community of a particular game, E-sport,
Community tournament provider or other area of gaming.
Manager
13. Social Media Influencer An individual user on social media who has established credibility in the gaming industry through
- Gaming sponsorship, partnership, endorsement and/or who receives recurring/regular payment for posts and/or
who has a large volume of followers and views of their content.
14. Video Game Producer An individual responsible for all aspects of video game production, ranging from assembling and managing
a team of designers/artists/programmers to creative development as well as managing budgets. He/she is
ultimately responsible for the management of all staff for the project.
15. Video Game An individual who reports to the Video Game Producer and assists with all aspects of video game
Associate Producer production as required by the Video Game Producer.

16. Gaming Script Writer An individual responsible for researching the story, developing the narrative, explaining the
environments, characters, details of different scenes, event triggers etc. and delivering it in the required
digital format.
17. Video Game Composer An individual who composes music and does the sequencing, orchestrating and mixing for video games.

18. Gaming - Voiceover Artist An individual whose voice will be used to create a voiceover or sound effects for video-games.

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19. Gaming
Localization An individual experienced in localizing (including translation, cultural alterations etc.) video games.
Specialist
20. VR /AR Specialist An individual who is experienced in the development and implementation of virtual reality and
augmented reality technology.

21. VR/AR Artist An individual who is experienced in the production of VR/AR creative design, artwork and content.

22. VR/AR Programmer An individual programmer who specializes in developing VR/AR and related software, which may include
audio, physics and any other single area required to enable VR or AR functionality.

23. Data Analyst – Gaming An individual responsible for providing and developing new insights and analyses that inform decisions and
helps ensure that gamers continue to enjoy playing a particular game; coordinating and analyzing the
efficiency of particular game events and/or game features; producing financial reports data; creating
specific reports about new game content profitability; acting as a hub between the gaming industry’s
customer support, community management and the production teams etc..
24. E-Sports Shoutcaster An individual responsible for introducing, hosting and providing commentary (including play-in-play
commentary) for E-Sports competitions.

25. Professional E- An individual who is a professional training coach for E-sports gamers and who generates strategies,
Sports Coach analyses strengths and weaknesses, and communicate this to the players in order to develop gaming
skills.

26. Professional E- An individual who plays competitively against others in a game on a computer, console, or other device
Sports Gamer either individually or as part of an official E-Sports team and/or who is sponsored or endorsed by a
company or recognized Game Studio, Engine Developer (or equivalent) and/or who receives
recurring/regular payment from a Game Streaming Social Media Platform.

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27. Professional E- An individual who monitors players during official E-sports competitions including, but not limited to recording
sports the outcome of matches; ensuring players adhere to the rules; and distributing penalties if rules
Referee/Admin are broken.
28. Professional E- An individual who is an expert in analyzing game information and statistics for a particular team, tournament
sports Analyst provider, broadcaster or game developer.

29. Professional E- An individual responsible for handling branding, contract negotiations and sponsorship deals for professional
sports Agent E-sports Gamers or E-sports teams.

30. Professional E- An individual who controls the in-game camera for E-sports broadcasts, including, but not limited to
Sports Observer identifying key plays, highlighting key aspects of the match, and replays for highlight reels

31. Game Journalist An individual who is a journalist specializing in reporting, discussing, reviewing of video games, e-sports
news, industry news.

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